Showing papers on "Resource dependence theory published in 1968"
TL;DR: Lupri et al. as discussed by the authors showed that rural-urban differences diminish with the degree of industrialisation and found that rural husbands tend to be more dominant than urban husbands, and that power in the family depends upon the relative involvement of each person in the given decision area.
Abstract: Societal norms are no longer regarded as an adequate explana tion for the relative power of the husband and wife in determining the course of events in the family. Blood and Wolfe have shown that the husband's power in decisions is affected little by religion, age, and rural-urban residence.1 Lupri finds similar results for a German sample except that the rural husbands tend to be more dominant than urban husbands.2 Using cross-national data, Lupri shows that rural-urban differences diminish with the degree of industriali zation.3 On the basis of their study of an urban sample, Blood and Wolfe develop what has come to be known as the "resource" theory of family power. The theory holds that the relative power of husband and wife is determined by their comparative participation in systems external to the family. This participation in occupational, social, political, and educational activities provides the resources which are brought to bear upon family decisions.4 Heer indicates that family power is also influenced by the relative value of the resources of each spouse to the other as compared with the value of these resources to persons outside the family for the satisfaction of their needs, and that power in the family depends upon the relative involvement of each person in the given decision area.5 While not supported by specific data Heer's exchange theory is a refinement of the resource theory in that it specifies the manner in which resources affect decisions in the family and also that influence in decisions is
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